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University of Sao Paulo |
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Information provided by: | University of Sao Paulo |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00505050 |
Recent meta-analysis reported reduction in mortality and hospitalization of HF patients.However, important issues in DMP for HF remain to be resolved. DMP are not homogeneous concerning methodology and in general included only elderly patients; most were tested in high-risk HF patients discharged from hospital; quality of life results are controversial; few reports included long-term results; some protocols had limited enrollment of screened patients, and it was suggested that could be less effective when patients are already followed by HF specialist.Improved survival was associated with cardiologist care as well with multidisciplinary teams providing specialized follow-up.Whether both together could benefits HF is not well defined. Also, no studies reported the long-term effects of a cyclic repetitive reeducation program.We tested whether a DMP that consisted of a long-term repetitive education program associated with a telephone monitoring could benefit HF outpatients in usual ambulatory care already under care of cardiologist with experience in HF
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Heart Failure |
Other: Disease Program Management |
Phase III |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Study Start Date: | October 1999 |
Study Completion Date: | September 2006 |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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1: No Intervention
Standard follow-up medical visits and treatment for control group were performed during the study period by the same cardiologist team that was not informed of the randomization.
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Other: Disease Program Management
This DMP inclused intervention content with education for out patients and caregivers; medication management with optimized therapy based on guidelines, and remote monitoring; delivery personnel with nurses, cardiologists, pharmacists, social workers, dietitians, physical therapists, psychologists; face-to-face individual/group communication, and telephone in-person; the intensity/complexity was long-term follow-up with 6 months interval repetitive education; the environment was hospital out-patient; and the outcomes measured were clinical, quality of life, and adherence. After randomization patients undergone our multidisciplinary education sessions 60-minute long that covered the basic principles related to heart failure. Telephone calls were used to reinforce the contents of the sessions of the ambulatory education activity, and monitoring of the compliance/adherence, symptoms/signs of worsening heart failure, and self-control mechanisms. |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Brazil, SP | |
Heart Institute of São Paulo University Medical School | |
Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, 05403-000 |
Principal Investigator: | Edimar Bocchi | Heart Institute of São University Medical School |
Study ID Numbers: | 829/99 |
Study First Received: | July 18, 2007 |
Last Updated: | July 18, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00505050 |
Health Authority: | Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research |
heart failure, disease program management, treatment, education |
Heart Failure Heart Diseases |
Cardiovascular Diseases |